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Eclipse of the Sun, Aug. 7, '69. 6 o'Clock

(American, 1825–1892)
1869
Medium/TechniqueStereocard, albumen prints mounted to card stock
Credit LineEdward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession number65.3323
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
Collections
InscriptionsVerso, in ink: "Dr. O. W. Holmes with the Regard of the Photographer C. Meinerth"
ProvenanceOliver Wendell Holmes (b. 1809 – d. 1894), Boston; by descent to his grandson, Edward Jackson Holmes (b. 1873 – d. 1950), Boston; 1950, bequeathed by Edward Jackson Holmes to his widow, Mary Stacy Beaman Holmes (b. 1875 – d. 1964), Boston; 1965, bequest of Mrs. Holmes to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 2015)
(Stereographic Library) Keystone View Co.
1914–18
(Stereographic Library) Keystone View Co.
1914–18
(Stereographic Library) Keystone View Co.
1914–18
(Stereographic Library) Keystone View Co.
about 1914
(Stereographic Library) Keystone View Co.
Underwood & Underwood, London & New York
Underwood & Underwood, London & New York
Underwood & Underwood, London & New York
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
1870